‘How To Be Useful in War Time’ Queen Mary’s Leadership in the War Effort 1914–1918

Rowbotham, Judith

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“…Mayoress, Mrs Baker, took a lead in engaging other middle-class women in Plymouth with a variety of initiatives set up by Queen Mary, including her Needlework Guild (making comforts for troops, such as bandages, as needed), and the Women's Employment Guild (Rowbotham, 2018). Where it became atypical was when Nancy Astor added her own initiatives, further cementing her identity as a Plymothian.…”

Section: Nancy Astor Plymouth Politics and The Great Warmentioning

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“…With the possibility of conflict looming (though the expectation in the spring and early summer of 1914 was that it would be civil conflict in Ulster; see Rowbotham, 2018), the government forced the Three Towns to amalgamate into a single entity under the name of Plymouth, essentially in order to improve administrative efficiency for the Admiralty and War Office. On the outbreak of war on 4 August, there seems to have been a widespread local consensus that its unique profile as a naval and garrison town, but also as a commercial port with a huge responsibility as a depot and point of departure for goods and people, brought special challenges.…”

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‘The Returned Pilgrim’: Nancy Astor and Plymouth

Rowbotham

2021

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This article focuses on the evolution of Nancy Astor's political persona, dating it back to 1908 when she first visited Plymouth when her husband Waldorf Astor was being considered as the junior Unionist candidate for the borough. It reveals how, by 1919 when she was elected, she had already formed the political ideas and identified the key campaigning issues that she would pursue between 1919 and 1945, as a result of her experiences at Plymouth. It argues that Plymouth is a key factor to understanding Nancy Astor's political identity and expressions of her view, and that the foundation created for these between 1908 and 1919 continued to support her further political development after her election for Plymouth Sutton in 1919. The article thus gives insights into an aspect of Nancy Astor's development as 'an unconventional MP' which has hitherto remained largely unfamiliar to those with an interest in her career and work. It reveals a sustained consistency of engagement with a range of issues relating primarily to women's and children's concerns (education, welfare, health, support for employment and training, as well as temperance and promotion of women's political participation) that were shaped by her involvement with these issues in the microcosm provided by Plymouth.

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Section: Nancy Astor Plymouth Politics and The Great Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Nancy Astor Plymouth Politics and The Great Warmentioning

confidence: 99%